March 18 - Our Lady of Ajaccio (Corsica, France) Joseph’s test (2) Joseph was naturally afraid at the novelty and splendor of the miracle and the depth of the mystery. We need not wonder that he thought [...] thought himself unworthy of the society of such a virgin when we hear the holy Elizabeth exclaim with fear and trembling : “Whence is this to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me?” That is why Joseph [...] Joseph wanted to send her away. But why in secret and not openly? To avoid any investigation of the reason for the separation, which required an account of it. If he had told his opinion and the proof he
exhibition. His answer: "The idea was to raise the question of holiness, to wonder what it means to live with God even through trials. The figure of Mary obviously comes to mind, because her role in God’s plan [...] she do this? How did she manage to say "yes" every single time? I proceeded chronologically to try to follow her, to accompany her. I made as many paintings as I had to, about fifty in all ... Mary is [...] June 13 – Our Lady of Montaigu (Belgium, 1604) – 2nd apparition in Fatima (Portugal) A Christian painter meets Mary The work of the contemporary Christian painter François-Xavier de Boissoudy, tells the
She added: "Of all the divine precepts, the one I constantly beheld was that of love: You shall love the Lord our God. I would go in the middle of the night to the altar of the Temple to ask for the grace [...] November 24 - Our Lady of Montserrat (Spain, 1535) Mary in the Temple (IV) I went during the night to the altar of the Temple Saint Elizabeth, a Benedictine nun from the Schoenau monastery, received this [...] grace of being able to follow the precepts of the Law. I longed for the birth of the Redeemer's mother and eagerly entreated God to preserve my eyes so that I might see her, my tongue so that I might praise
Daughters of Charity. This visit of Mary gave rise to the devotion of the Miraculous Medal. The Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal is located in the middle of the city of Paris. From July to December [...] November 27 - Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Paris, 1830) The Rue du Bac Apparitions (I) The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared in 1830 to Saint Catherine Laboure (1806-76), a young French novice of the Daughters [...] I want to charge you with a mission; you will have crosses to bear and many difficulties to overcome, but you will surmount them because of the inner certainty that all you do is for the glory of God. You
She added: "Of all the divine precepts, the one I constantly beheld was that of love: You shall love the Lord our God. I would go in the middle of the night to the altar of the Temple to ask for the grace [...] November 24 - Our Lady of Montserrat (Spain, 1535) Mary in the Temple (IV) I went during the night to the altar of the Temple Saint Elizabeth, a Benedictine nun from the Schoenau monastery, received this [...] grace of being able to follow the precepts of the Law. I longed for the birth of the Redeemer's mother and eagerly entreated God to preserve my eyes so that I might see her, my tongue so that I might praise
thousands of pilgrims. Source: Caritas of Birmingham (Adapted) https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pilgrims-come-to-caritas-of-birmingham-to-celebrate-the-40th-anniversary-of-the-medjugorje-appariti [...] September 6 - Our Lady of Tears (Italy, 1553) In Alabama, the largest “Medjugorje Center” in the world Medjugorje is the small village in the former Yugoslavia where the Virgin Mary started to appear to six youth [...] Because of coronavirus and travel regulations, pilgrims from across the United States began to gather this week at Caritas of Birmingham, celebrating the Medjugorje 40 th Anniversary. In 1988, one of the
April 5 – Our Lady of Graces (Italy, 1897) Mary, the ideal woman Fully aware of the intrinsic dignity of women, whom she recognizes as equal to men in the eyes of God, the Church has given rights to women [...] Civil Code of 1804 reinforced the authority of the male head of the family, and his right to own property—to the detriment of the woman. While women may have been relegated to a position of subordination [...] s, although different from that of the apostles of Jesus. Contrary to a persistent legend, the medieval Church did not oppress women or teach that they were inferior to men. In the Middle Ages, women were
unfaithful to the call of my Son, but it is nevertheless your only vocation. Remember your love of old, and follow your vocation." These words were like a beam of light that penetrated the young man to the depths [...] October 23 - Our Lady of Consolation (near Honfleur, France) A Mother's Rosary (I) One day a student, who had lost the enthusiasm of his childhood and no longer prayed regularly, saw a rosary lying on [...] said to himself, "How can I return this to the person who lost it? Since all rosaries are in Mary's honor, I'll give it back to her; I'll leave it on her altar in the first church that I happen to come
statue of Our Lady, she wondered how she could bring some birthday joy as a gift to the Mother of Our Lord. She thought of St Anne and St Joachim, parents of our Blessed Mother and grandparents of Jesus [...] November 23 – Our Lady of the Assumption (Italy, 1624) Walsingham holds the first Grandparents Pilgrimage Catherine Wiley was visiting the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in England on Our Lady’s birthday [...] don’t know what to do to try to guide their grandchildren to the beauty of our faith and the Sacraments. Familiar with pilgrimages to the shrine at Walsingham, Catherine proposed the idea of a pilgrimage
was the prayer of the last moment: "Pray for us, sinners, now and at the hour of our death." And the hour of my death was now! So I started to pray: "Hail Mary, full of grace..." We got to the OR...I remember [...] 24 - Our Lady of Prayer (Toledo, Spain) - Saint Francis de Sales (d. 1622) A miraculous recovery January 2012. The ambulance was racing towards Annecy. Firmly secured in a gurney, I tried my best to not [...] is obvious to me - that it was Mary who took my hand and protected me. I understood that immediately. The recovery was long and difficult, but I made a plan to go to Lourdes as a volunteer to thank Mary
